1: DCC / CH2Cl2 / Ambient temperature 2: imidazole / dimethylformamide / 1.5 h / 5 °C 3: N2O4, NaOAc / CCl4 / 0.25 h / 5 °C 4: LiBH4 / tetrahydrofuran / Ambient temperature 5: 83 g / pyridine / 2.5 h / Ambient temperature 6: 46.4 g / 0.5 N H2SO4 / acetonitrile / 17 h / Ambient temperature 7: 90 percent / LS-Selectride / tetrahydrofuran / 0.17 h / -78 °C 8: 84 percent / 8 h / 57 °C 9: 51 percent / K2CO3, 18-crown-6 / dimethylformamide / 21 h / 110 °C 10: 1.) NaOMe, 2.) 3N HCl / 1.) MeOH, 40 deg C, 2 h, 2.) 50 deg C, 2 h View Scheme

1: DCC / CH2Cl2 / Ambient temperature 2: imidazole / dimethylformamide / 1.5 h / 5 °C 3: N2O4, NaOAc / CCl4 / 0.25 h / 5 °C 4: LiBH4 / tetrahydrofuran / Ambient temperature 5: 83 g / pyridine / 2.5 h / Ambient temperature 6: 46.4 g / 0.5 N H2SO4 / acetonitrile / 17 h / Ambient temperature 7: 90 percent / LS-Selectride / tetrahydrofuran / 0.17 h / -78 °C View Scheme